Intestinal endometriosis amongst other extra-pelvic endometriosis foci presenting as acute/subacute bowel obstruction in women of reproductive age: a retrospective case series stud... by Ercument Gurluler, Ozgen Isik, Nesrin Ugras, Aysun Sahin, Murat Sen, Tuncay Yilmazlar

“…Methods A total of 23 female patients (mean ± SD age: 34.9 ± 6.5 years) who underwent abdominal surgery for acute bowel obstruction and received histopathological diagnosis of endometriosis were included in this retrospective case-series study. …”
Get full text

ASA Class Is a Stronger Predictor of Early Revision Risk Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty than BMI by Christopher J. Wall, MBBS, BMedSc, FRACS, FAOrthA, Richard N. de Steiger, MBBS, PhD, DipBiomech, FRACS, FAOrthA, Christopher J. Vertullo, MBBS, PhD, FRACS, FAOrthA, Dylan Harries, BSc(Hons), MBiostat, PhD, Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, MBBS, MPH, FRSPH

“…A total of 274,786 primary TKAs (54.5% female; mean age, 68.3 years) were included in the study, of which 5,401 were revised during the study period. …”
Get full text

Topographic and morphometric characterization of the humerii nutrient foramina and their implications for fracture repair and healing by Pedzisai Mazengenya, Palesa Mokoena, Brendon Kurt Billings, Arthur Tsalani Manjatika

“…Males in SAED had a higher mean FI on both the right (p = 0.030) (effect size = 0.258) and left (p = 0.022) (effect size = 0.421) sides than females. SAED had a lower mean FI than SAMA (p = 0.002) (effect size = 0.384). …”
Get full text

Predictors of radiological progression of rheumatoid arthritis while receiving conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs by O. B. Iaremenko, G. M. Mykytenko

“…Materials and methods. 163 patients with RA who were prescribed csDMARD were included in the study. Most of them were female 141 (86.5 %); mean age was 50.1 ± 12.0 years, disease duration 37.5 ± 56.3 months. …”
Get full text

The Influence of Cell Isolation and Culturing on Natriuretic Peptide Receptors in Aortic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by Christine Rager, Tobias Klöpper, Sabine Tasch, Michael Raymond Whittaker, Betty Exintaris, Andrea Mietens, Ralf Middendorff

“…We, therefore, analyzed a male and female cohort. Expression was quantified by RT-qPCR comparing aortic media and SMCs with our recently validated reference gene (RG) small nuclear ribonucleoprotein 2 (U2). …”
Get full text

Could the arm blood pressure measured with simultaneous bilateral arm method be used for hypertension diagnosis? by Taixuan Wan, Yuanhao Wu, Ziqiang He, Hai Su

“…They were randomly instructed to one of two BP measurement proposals: (1) right-arm–bilateral arm–right-arm–bilateral arm, or (2) bilateral arm–right-arm–bilateral arm–right-arm to attenuate bias induced by BP measurement order.Participants From June to October of 2019, 295 outpatients (18–90 years, 60.0±14.6 years old, 126 males and 169 females) with sinus rhythm (SR) were enrolled. The exclusion criteria were acute myocardial infarction, congenital heart disease, acute heart failure, syncope, hemiplegia, arrhythmia and pulseless (by palpation).Outcome measures We compared the BP differences between bilateral arm method and unilateral arm method. …”
Get full text

Development of highly bioactive long-acting recombinant porcine FSH for batch production management of sows by Jiawei Zhang, Lei Shi, Xiaorong Zhong, Yunhe Bai, Jun Dou, Lu Zhang, Xiaochao Shi, Bingchun Wu, Zemin Tan, Lin Yan, Jinku Yu, Jingru Zhang, Guo Han, Jiansheng Xiong, Hua Zhang, Xingyuan Cao, Haoshu Luo

“…Taken together, our results revealed that rpFSH-pFc could bind to the FSH receptor, stimulate follicular growth and development in female mice, and possess a prolonged half-life in both rats and sows. …”
Get full text

The impact of age and sex on the occurrence of pathology in the wall of the upper gastrointestinal tract by Przemysław Dyrla, Jerzy Gil, Stanisław Niemczyk, Marek Saracyn, Krzysztof Kosik, Sebastian Czarkowski, Arkadiusz Lubas

“…Results : We analysed a total of 122 (78 males, 44 females, age: 64.0 ±12.9 years) out of 187 patients. 23.91% of SML in the oesophagus, 56.52% in the stomach, and 19.57% in the duodenum. …”
Get full text

Latent iron deficiency in non-anemic children under five years of age by Qurat ul Ain Riaz, Saima Ahsan, Tanveer Hussain Chaudhary, Abdul Hafeez Soomro, Muhammad Sabir Khan, Shanza Nazish

“…Out of 145 children, 62 (42.8%) were iron deficient whereas 83 (57.2%) were non-iron deficient. The male to female ratio of iron deficiency was 1:1.3. The prevalence of iron deficiency among infants was 46%, followed by toddlers 42% and preschoolers 41%. …”
Get full text

Determinants of rural practice among a cohort of dental professionals in Australia by Santosh Kumar Tadakamadla, Sudheer Babu Balla, Jyothi Tadakamadla, Libby Semmens, Sarah Down, Carol McKinstry, Jane Mills

“…Of these, 541 (66.1%) were dentists, and 278 (33.9%) were OHTs. The majority were female (56.7% dentists and 81.7% OHTs), 11.3% (dentists) and 21.6% (OHTs) of the graduates originated from rural and remote areas, 16.6% (dentists) and 18% (OHTs) from regional areas, and 72.1% (dentists) and 60.4% (OHTs) from metropolitan areas. …”
Get full text

Students’ perspective on new teaching concepts for medical studies: case- and competency-based learning in radiology by Max Masthoff, Friedrich Pawelka, Gisela Zak, Bas de Leng, Dogus Darici, Philipp Schindler, Walter Heindel, Anne Helfen

“…Materials and methods 235 students (23.5 ± 2.6 years, 72.3% female, 93.3% response rate, November 2023–June 2024) completed a questionnaire before (12 items) and after (20 items) the course, assessing perceived importance of course content, competency gains in abdominal imaging, enjoyment of learning, interest in a radiology career, and pedagogical perception of the teaching concept. …”
Get full text

Achieving prediabetes reversal in China: a nationwide longitudinal study on the role of blood glucose and lipid management in middle-aged and elderly adults by Hongguang Yang, Yao Liu, Zhenhe Huang, Guifang Deng

“…The stepwise logistic regression model identified older age, female sex, abdominal obesity (OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.57–0.86), elevated LDL-C (OR 0.69, 95% CI 0.48–0.97), higher FPG (OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.52–0.90), and higher HbA1c (OR 0.23, 95% CI 0.18–0.30) as factors associated with regression to NGR. …”
Get full text

Antimicrobial Therapy as a Risk Factor of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter Infection in COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit by P. Mihalov, J. Hodosy, A. Koščálová, M. Čaprnda, M. Kachlíková, J. Jurenka, M. Bendžala, P. Sabaka

“…Fifty-eight male and 32 female patients were included in the analysis. Multidrug-resistant bacteria were cultured in 43 patients (47.8%), and MDR-Ab was isolated in 37 patients. …”
Get full text

Epidemiological Characteristics and Family Relatives among Thalassemic Patients in Sulaimani City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Kamal Jalal Rashid

“…Out of 140 patients 50.0% of patients were males and 50.0% were female; the mean age was 12.8 years-old. The most frequent thalassemic patents were come from rural area 95.0%. …”
Get full text

Comparison of Platelet-Rich Plasma-Impregnated Suture Material with Low and High Platelet Concentration to Improve Colonic Anastomotic Wound Healing in Rats by Mehmet Akif Aydin, Eray Metin Guler, Ahu Senem Demiroz, Muhammet Fatih Aydin, Gulcan Saglam

“…A total of 24 Sprague Dawley female rats were separated into 3 groups (n=8 for each) including the control group (CON; standard vicryl suture repair), the low platelet concentrate PRP group (L-PRP; suture material impregnated with PRP containing average 2.7-fold (range, 2.0 to 3.1) higher amount of platelets vs. control), and the high platelet concentrate PRP group (H-PRP; suture material impregnated with PRP containing average 5.1-fold (range, 4.8 to 5.4) higher amount of platelets vs. control). …”
Get full text

Demographics and regional trends of ischemic heart disease-related mortality in older adults in the United States, 1999-2020. by Fakhar Latif, Muhammad Moiz Nasir, Wajeeh Ur Rehman, Mohammed Hamza, Jishanth Mattumpuram, Komail Khalid Meer, Helme Silvet, Alon Yarkoni, Mouhamed Amr Sabouni, Nabil Braiteh, Keyoor Patel, Abdulqadir J Nashwan

“…Older men consistently demonstrated higher AAMRs than older females, with AAMRs for both sexes decreasing steadily from 1999 to 2018 and increasing in 2020. …”
Get full text

Everyday life and boredom of people living with dementia in residential long-term care: a merged methods study by Doris Gebhard, Julia I. Frank

“…In all, 46 people living with dementia (average age: 84.65 ± 7.15 years, 89.13% female, average DSS: 6.50 ± 3.15) were observed at 2760 time points. …”
Get full text

Efficacy of the Bushen Jianpi Huoxue Formula on Beclin-1/Bcl-2-mediated autophagy and apoptosis in osteoblasts by Yanping Lin, Yanping Lin, Rui Zhao, Rui Zhao, Jiachun Huang, Tongying Chen, Tongying Chen, Haolin Yang, Haolin Yang, Haiwei Guo, Lei Wan, Zhihai Zhang, Ying Li, Genfu Zhu, Hongxing Huang, Hongxing Huang

“…Additionally, it initially explores the functional mechanism of Beclin-1/Bcl-2-related apoptosis.MethodsOsteoblasts were isolated from the calvaria of three-day-old Sprague-Dawley female rats. The lyophilized power of the Bushen Jianpi Huoxue Formula was prepared from the following ingredients: Fructus Psoraleae, Epimedii Folium, Desertliving Cistanche, Prepared Rehmannia Radix, Radix paeoniae alba, Astragali Radix, Semen Cuscuta, Radix Salviae miltiorrhizae, Angelica sinensis, and Jujube. …”
Get full text

TECHNOLOGY LITERACY AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR ENHANCING NUMERACY AND LITERACY SKILLS OF EARLY-GRADE PUPILS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS IN TANZANIA by Hamadi Mtani, Shubi Kaijage, Neema Mduma

“…The results found that female teachers had higher technological literacy than male teachers. …”
Get full text

Evidence from NHANES 2011–2014: a correlation between the weight-adjusted-waist index and cognitive abilities in the United States by Chan Zhao, Xintian Xu, Chunyan Hao

“…Additionally, we analyzed subgroups to check for variability.ResultsThere were 2,762 participants, including1,504 (54.45%) females and 1,258 (45.55%) males. 53.77% of them had completed high school or above, and their average age was 69.05 ± 6.62. …”
Get full text